Load-brake.



'H. WBICKEL & H. E. FRENTZEL.

LOAD BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8.11909,

933,866, l l Patented sept. 14,1909.

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LOAD BRAKE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAlLa, 1909.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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Witnesses! We# mw H. WEICKEL & H. E. PRENTZEL.

LOAD BRAKE.

l APPLICATION F-ILED MAILS, 1909. 933,866, Patented Sept.v 14, 1909.

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HENRY WEICKEL AND HERMANE. FRENTZEL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNORS TO PAWLING 8a HARNISCHFEGEB, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A COPARTNERSHIP.

Loan-BRAKE.

Spcoioation of Letters latent. Application led March 8, 19Q9. Serial No. 482,056.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY WEICKEL and HERMAN `E. FRENTZEL citizens of the Umted States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Load-Brakes, of which the ollowl ing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof.

This invention relatesto improvements in' brakes of the kind described in United States Letters Patent No. 697,393, dated April 8, 1902, for automatically controlling the movement of the load` of hoisting apparatus through the operation of .the motor. Its

main objects are t'o prevent bending of the brake shaft and the consequent bmdm or/ cramping of relatively movable parts o the brake whereby its action is rendered sluggish and uncertain; and generally to improve the construction and operation of brakes of this class.

It consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination' of parts as hereinafter particularly describedand pointed out in the claims. f

In the accompanying drawing like characters designate the same parts in the several figures. Figure 1 is an axial section of a load brake embodying the invention in connection with hoisting apparatus; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of the brake on the line 2 2,

Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa similar section on the line 3, Fig. l; and Fig. 4: is an axial section showing a modification of the brake as apl plied to hoistin apparatus.

The successfu operation of a load brake of the kind shown and described in the above mentioned Letters Patent depends upon a free rotary movement within narrow limits of one member of the brake relative to the other, this limited movement being required to expand or contract the spiral friction band within the inclosin shell, thus increasing or reducing the frictional engagement between these two parts kto lift the load when the motor is run forward, or to allow .the load to descend when the motor is run backward. With load brakes of this type as 0rdinarily constructed, when ga heavy load is suspended from the hoisting drum, the lateral pressure of the gear teeth between the hoisting drum and brake shaft and the lateral pressure 'of the pawl engaging the ratchet teeth or wheel on the shell, produce friction between the brakeshaft and the parts of the brake which turn thereon, and tend to bend'the lbrake shaft between its bearings. The bending of the brake shaft in this manner causin it'to bind or cramp in the parts of the bra e which are designed to turn freely thereon, together with the friction produced by the lateral pressure of the gear teeth and pawl as above mentioned, resists or interfereswith the limited independent movement of the brake members, rendering the operation of the brake sluggish and uncertain and permitting the load to descend when it should not. l

The improvements constituting the present invention are desi ed to prevent the bending and binding o the brake shaft and to insure the free movement of the brake members relative to each other requisite to Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

the proper and reliable action of the brake.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 1, a designates a hoistin drum provided with a gear b meshing witg a pinion c which is fixed on the brake shaft d. e is a motor or driving shaft provided with a pinion f meshing with a ear g which is fixed on the brake *shaft h in Iine with'the shaft d. On the shaft h is keyed or other. wise fixed a head z' which may be called the driving member, and on the s aft d is keyed or otherwise fixed a head which may be called the driven member. li: is a spiral'friction band connecting the heads o'r members z' seA and y' to which it is fastened at or near its l ends, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, by blocks l and m riveted or otherwise secured to the inner side of the band and fitted in vrecesses in the members i and j. The rims of the members i and y', which are of cylindrical form, are extended to afford an internal support for the friction band. A friction shell or cylinder n surroundin the spiral band Ic,

head t inwhich a is 'inserted is cbm Ona.

'cylinder a backward when the' imotor is -re'- versed for lowering the load.`f-.-1.Means are provided, such as a friction-rings, o n' the shell or c linder n, withv lu en ag1ng a tooth on` the'hub of the` aw ,pass own in Fig. 2, for turning and ho dinglthepawlout of enga ement with the ratchet;. teeth when the shel or cylinder isy turnedforwardwith the motor in lifting the load. vTheshafth projects from the hubf of the head i which-)1sO fixed thereon, into the vhub. of :the y which affords a bearing therefor and holdsit in alinement with theshaft d; 1 f v l jv By the provision of. bearings p. for 'the hubs or trunnionso as shown and described,

l the friction shell or cylinder n is firmly supported adj acent'to its ends inde endentl ',of the shafts d and h. The shaft'A ,whichglias a bearing t in the frame, is .supported close to and at bothends of the pinion @and the shaft h which has a vbe'a'rmg u in the frame, is supported close to andht-both ends f of the gear g. l The tendency of thelateral pressure of the gear. teeth and of thepawl and ratchet teeth when the brake is subjected to a load, to bend the shafts d and It, thereby causing them to bind or c'rainp in their fbearings and to interfere with the and proper action of the -headsor members .i and y and the friction band counteracted. l Y

vOn the'several figures o'ftliedrawings the arrows designated m, indicatethe direction of the rotation of artsofrtlie mechanism for` liftin the 1oad,vw ile thefarrws designated f y, in lc'ate the directig'n` rotationffor lowering the load. l l y j A In connection .'withf'li'oisting apparatus as herein vshown and described, the brake'op# crates vas follows: In-lifting a load, the motor vor driving shaft being turned forward in the direction in dicatedlnyI arrows'm, tends to turn the head z' indepen ently ofthe head' j, ando "erates primaril" by the en 'agement of the eveled face in t e recess of t e head z'- with the beveled end of the block-Z toforce the adjacent end ofjthe band j lc outward j against the'` -shell vor v cylindern, thereby 'in'- suringinitial engagement of said band with said s ell. The loadacting on the drum a through its connections with the brake, tends to turn the head jfin the reverse direction,

indicated byarrows y, and thus tofeXpand the friction band c'and hold it in fast' frictional engagement with theshell n. The

ward movement o yretarded accordingly "one of'the heads i and j relative to the other,

easee hoisting'drum a which lifts the load. The v Yfrictiona'l"engagement between the band lc. .andthe 4 shell a. variesaccording to the load.

The greater theload the greater will be the fo'rce-tendingto/V expand theband and to- .hold it lin fast engagement with the shell.

When they'jshelln starts forward, -bein 'free to turn inthatdirection asv indicated y arv rows a?, the friction Iring a turning with it, throws the pawl 1r :out of engagement with the ratchet teethandthen slips on the shell.

To lower ztheload the' vmotor orfdrivin shaft c is -reverselhjand` turning the head z backward a's indicated bylarrows g/,tends t6 contract thel friction band from that end" of the. brake, I`while the load acting in the re. verse vdirectiononthe head ,j tends to exand the bands' fromr that end of the brake.vv he initial backward'mo'vement oftheshell yor cylinder a caused'b the load as soon as the motor or'drivingfs aft is stopped orv its 'motion is reversed,foperate s 4throughfthe .friction ring .s'to instantl throw the jmi'ljri back into env agement `'wit the ratchetwheel.

or teeth g, t ereby'fpreventin 'furtherback l, said she l` or' cylinder. The backward rotation" of the head i tendin .to contract the band k', redu'ces thevvfrictiona engagement between',said-bandand the surrounding shell or cylinder n, permitting the band'w'ith thehead tosl'ip and turn lin said shell or lcylinder and the'load to descend at a rate of speed ldetermined b that Aofthe' motor ordriving shaft.'l If yt e'motor-or driving shaft is stopped, o rfits speed is diminished or increased, the descent of .the load willy be instantly stopjed or accelerated or and the consequent expansion'or contraction of the v'band cvin the shell'or cylinder sarBy to permitthe. lOadt descend.l f f ferring to 4, .showing a `modification of the machlne, l the lpinion vc and the head or driven memberj fof` the brake are mounted on a tubular shaft "or sleeve al',

which liketheshaft dis journaled in and suported by lone ofthe trunnions o of the bra e shell 401" cylinder fa. The head or drivi-ng member 'i'i'sj mounted on a solid shaft It which passes throughvand is supported in i the tubular shaft or sleeve d. In this modiication the vmotor or driving shaft e -with n its pinion f, the gear g and the bearing u are located 'at the opposite end of the machine. In othery respects the machine is yV the movement of substantially like that shown in Fig. 1 both as to the construction land arrangement of its parts, and in operation.

Various modications in details of construction and arran ement of parts other than those speciiicay made without departing from the principle and contemplated scope of the invention.

IVe claim: 1. In a load brake the combination of inj dependently rotatable heads arranged in journals' of said heads.

- 2. In a load brakel the combination of rotary heads fixed on separate shafts, a spiral friction band connecting said heads, a friction cylinder surrounding said band and provided at the ends With hubs in Which said shafts are journaled, and bearings in which said hubs are supported.

3. In a load br'ake the combination of ini `dependently rotatable heads arranged in axial alinement with each other, a spiral friction band fastened to and connecting said heads, a friction cylinder surrounding said band and provided with ratchet teeth and at the ends with hubs in Which said heads are journaled, bearings in which said hubs are supported, a pawl adapted by engagement with said ratchet teeth to hold said friction cylinder against turning in one direction, and a friction ring mounted on said cylinder and adapted to throw said pawl out of engagement with said ratchet teeth when the cylinder is turned in the other direction.

4. 'Ihe combination With a driving shaft and a hoisting drum, of independently rotatable shafts arranged in axial alinement with each other, gears connecting said shafts one with the drivin shaft and the other withsaid drum, hea s fixed on said shafts, a spiral friction band connected adjacent to its ends with said heads, a friction c linder surroundin said band andl rovi ed at the ends with ubs in which said shafts are journaled and supported, and bearings in which said hubs are journaled and supported indey endently of said shafts.

.5. In a oad brake the combination of shafts arranged end to end in axial alinement, heads fixed on said shafts, the hub of one head projecting beyond the shaft on mentioned may be` which it is fixed over the adjacent end of the other shaft for which it forms a bearing, a spiral friction band connected adjacent to its ends with said heads, a friction cylinder surrounding said band and provided` at the ends With hubs in which said Shafts are supported, and bearings in which said hubs are journaled and supported independently of said shafts.

6. In a load brake the combination of two shafts arranged in axial alinement with each other, a friction shell or cylinder provided With ratchet teeth and at the ends with hubs in which said-shafts are journaled, bearings in Which said'hubs are supported independently of said shafts, a paWl adapted by engagement With said ratchet teeth to prevent backward rotation of said shell or cylinder, heads fixed o-n said shafts within said shell or cylinder, and a spiral friction `band fitted in said shell or cylinder and connected adjacent to its ends with said heads. I 7. The combination with a' hoisting drum,

of shafts arranged in axial alinement with each other, gears connecting one of said shafts with said drum, a friction shell or ycylinder provided at the ends with hubs in which said shaftsare journaled, heads fixed on said shafts Within said shell or cylinder, a s iral friction band connected adjacentl to its ends with said heads and fitting in said shell or cylinder, and a bearing in which one of' said hubs is journaled and supported independently of the shaft passing through it, between the shell or cylinder an the gears connecting said shaft with said drum.

8. In a load brake the combination of shafts arranged in axial alinement With each other, a friction shell or cylinder provided with ratchet teeth and at the ends with hubs in which said shafts are journaled, heads.

HENRY WEICKEL. HERMAN E. FRENTZEL.

Witnesses: CHAs. L. Goss, FRANK E. DENNETT. 

